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Red list to be scrapped and replaced by testing – reports

Government
James Chapple
13 December 2021

The UK’s red list could be scrapped and replaced with testing for fully vaccinated arrivals, it has been reported.

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The UK’s red list was reduced to zero on 1 November when the seven remaining red-listed countries, which included Peru and the Dominican Republic, were removed.